from os import listdir from os.path import isfile, join import os import sys import re import subprocess # argv[1] - markdown files directory if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Argument missing. Usage: python3 md_cleanup.py ") else: path = sys.argv[1] if os.path.exists(path): files = [ f for f in listdir(path) if isfile(join(path, f)) ] for filename in files: name, file_extension = os.path.splitext(filename) if file_extension == ".md": print("Cleaning up %s/%s" % (path, filename)) with open(join(path,filename), "r+", encoding="utf-8") as file: content = file.read() content = re.sub(r"`\*(.*)`[\\]?", r"*\g<1>", content) content = re.sub(r"!(\w+)", r"\g<1>", content) content = re.sub(r"\* ", r"* ", content) file.seek(0) file.truncate() file.write(content) file.close() else: print("Error: the path specified is invalid")